Chapter 52, 49 verses
By the mount
By the Mount (of Revelation);
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
And [by] a Book inscribed
By a Decree inscribed
وكتاب مسطور
In parchment spread open
In a Scroll unfolded;
في رق منشور
And [by] the frequented House
By the much - frequented Fane;
والبيت المعمور
And [by] the heaven raised high
By the Canopy Raised High;
والسقف المرفوع
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
And by the Ocean filled with Swell; -
والبحر المسجور
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass; -
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Of it there is no preventer.
There is none can avert it; -
ما له من دافع
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.
يوم تمور السماء مورا
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
And the mountains will fly hither and thither.
وتسير الجبال سيرا
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood; -
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.
يوم يدعون إلى نار جهنم دعا
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
"This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire, - which ye were wont to deny!
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?
أفسحر هذا أم أنتم لا تبصرون
[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
"Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."
اصلوها فاصبروا أو لا تصبروا سواء عليكم ۖ إنما تجزون ما كنتم تعملون
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness, -
إن المتقين في جنات ونعيم
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
فاكهين بما آتاهم ربهم ووقاهم ربهم عذاب الجحيم
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
(To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.
متكئين على سرر مصفوفة ۖ وزوجناهم بحور عين
And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith, - to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.
والذين آمنوا واتبعتهم ذريتهم بإيمان ألحقنا بهم ذريتهم وما ألتناهم من عملهم من شيء ۚ كل امرئ بما كسب رهين
And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.
وأمددناهم بفاكهة ولحم مما يشتهون
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.
يتنازعون فيها كأسا لا لغو فيها ولا تأثيم
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well - protected.
Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well - guarded.
۞ ويطوف عليهم غلمان لهم كأنهم لؤلؤ مكنون
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.
قالوا إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا مشفقين
So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.
فمن الله علينا ووقانا عذاب السموم
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"
إنا كنا من قبل ندعوه ۖ إنه هو البر الرحيم
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
فذكر فما أنت بنعمت ربك بكاهن ولا مجنون
Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"
Or do they say: - "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"
أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون
Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
Say thou: "Await ye! - I too will wait along with you!"
قل تربصوا فإني معكم من المتربصين
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
أم تأمرهم أحلامهم بهذا ۚ أم هم قوم طاغون
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!
أم يقولون تقوله ۚ بل لا يؤمنون
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
Let them then produce a recital like unto it, - If (it be) they speak the truth!
فليأتوا بحديث مثله إن كانوا صادقين
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
أم خلقوا من غير شيء أم هم الخالقون
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.
أم خلقوا السماوات والأرض ۚ بل لا يوقنون
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?
أم عندهم خزائن ربك أم هم المصيطرون
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.
أم لهم سلم يستمعون فيه ۖ فليأت مستمعهم بسلطان مبين
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?
أم له البنات ولكم البنون
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? -
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!
أم يريدون كيدا ۖ فالذين كفروا هم المكيدون
Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!
أم لهم إله غير الله ۚ سبحان الله عما يشركون
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
وإن يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror), -
فذرهم حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي فيه يصعقون
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.
يوم لا يغني عنهم كيدهم شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: But most of them understand not.
وإن للذين ظلموا عذابا دون ذلك ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise.
Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth,
واصبر لحكم ربك فإنك بأعيننا ۖ وسبح بحمد ربك حين تقوم
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.
And for part of the night also praise thou Him, - and at the retreat of the stars!
ومن الليل فسبحه وإدبار النجوم